duan
/dwˈæn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.39 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
Etymology
From Irish and Scottish Gaelic duan, from Middle Irish dúan, from Proto-Indo-European *dh₂p-no- (compare Old Armenian տաւն (tawn, “feast, celebration”), Ancient Greek δαπάνη (dapánē, “cost”), Old Norse tafn (“sacrificial animal”) and Latin damnum (“damage”)), from *deh₂p- (“to sacrifice”).